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This is one of those that actually has a claim to be something specific, instead of just “something aged”. I got this tea from Yetang on one of my visits to the Yongkang area, and I was rather impressed when … Continue reading
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One problem with these teas is that they have no names — and most of the time, there isn’t even a region name to go by, so unfortunately, price is the only real distinction 🙂 This is a tea that … Continue reading
I went back to the Fuxing store today. It’s hard to resist a store that’s only 10 minutes walk away. I was looking more at pots today, and nothing too interesting happened. I did, however, ask them how they season … Continue reading
This is a purported 60s baozhong The dry leaves smell faintly of agedness, but as I sniffed it hard, comparing it with the tea yesterday, I noticed that there’s a sour note in the smell in yesterday’s that is absent … Continue reading
Before I go on about today’s tea…. here’s the one from two days ago Recognize these leaves? Probably not, but they’re the same leaves (minutes the yellow leaf on the right) as the ones I posted two days ago for … Continue reading
This is a tea of unclear origins. I think I picked it up somewhere along the way in Beijing… It’s an aged shuixian of sorts. Emphasis, I think, on the aged part. It does a few funny things. It isn’t … Continue reading
My girlfriend arrived today, so I pulled out something a little different from the parade of young teas to drink. It’s a loose puerh from Jabbok Tea House in Hong Kong, which I last blogged about here. The dry leaves … Continue reading
A few months ago I bought a very weird tea, something that I’ve never tried before. It was from a small little shop in one of the shabbiest tea malls in Maliandao — the Beijing Tea Corporation mall. It’s a … Continue reading
Now that we have the 10,000 hits thing out of the way… back to the teas 🙂 Yesterday, along with the scale and the bags of Wuyi tea I got, I was given a small sample of an aged Wuyi … Continue reading
I realized I’ve had puerh for many days in a row now, so today I opted for something else. I got a small packet of tieguanyin from the guy who sold me two cakes of those ok Yiwu. He claimed … Continue reading